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Research Manager - Post-Training for Agents
Datadog
New York, New York, USAPosted Oct 13, 2026 · 8h ago$244K – $305K
Full-time$244K – $305KManagerHybridEnterprise Software
About this role
Lead a team of researchers and engineers in fundamental research on post-training and autonomous agents, advancing reinforcement learning and AI capabilities. You will provide technical leadership, shape research direction, and collaborate with product teams to translate cutting-edge research into Datadog products, while maintaining a hands-on research role.
What we are looking for
6- Lead research in agent post-training and reinforcement learning
- Guide and mentor researchers and research engineers
- Design and advance reinforcement learning approaches and training loops
- Build simulated environments and synthetic data generation approaches
- Collaborate with Research, Product, and Engineering teams
- Contribute to research publications and open-source artifacts
Skills mentioned
1Machine Learning
